Miss Quinces: A Graphic Novel


Book Description

Rising star Kat Fajardo's debut middle-grade graphic novel about a girl who would rather do anything other than celebrate her quinceanera! A funny and heartfelt coming-of-age story about navigating the expectations of family and cultural tradition. Sue just wants to spend the summer reading and making comics at sleepaway camp with her friends, but instead she gets stuck going to Honduras to visit relatives with her parents and two sisters. They live way out in the country, which means no texting, no cable, and no Internet! The trip takes a turn for the worse when Sue's mother announces that they'll be having a surprise quinceanera for Sue, which is the last thing she wants. She can't imagine wearing a big, floofy, colorful dress! What is Sue going to do? And how will she survive all this "quality" time with her rambunctious family? Miss Quinces/Srta. Quinces is the first graphic novel published by Scholastic/Graphix to be simultaneously released in English and Spanish editions!




Inhuman


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Beauty versus beasts. In the wake of a devastating biological disaster, the United States east of the Mississippi River has been abandoned. Now called the Feral Zone, a reference to the virus that turned millions of people into bloodthirsty savages, the entire area is off-limits. The punishment for violating the border is death.Lane McEvoy can't imagine why anyone would risk it. She's grown up in the shadow of the great wall separating east from west, and she's curious about what's on the other side - but not that curious. Life in the west is safe, comfortable . . . sanitized. Which is just how she likes it.But Lane gets the shock of her life when she learns that someone close to her has crossed into the Feral Zone. And she has little choice but to follow. Lane travels east, risking life and limb and her very DNA, completely unprepared for what she finds in the ruins of civilization . . . and afraid to learn whether her humanity will prove her greatest strength or a fatal weakness.







Rip Tide


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Return to the subsea frontier with Ty and Gemma, where the mysteries of the deep are deadlier than ever. With time running out for his parents, Ty's desperation leads the two teenagers to the underwater underworld... and into an alliance with the outlaws of the Seablite Gang. But one mystery soon leads to another. How has an entire township disappeared? Why is the local sea-life suddenly so aggressive? And can the Seablite Gang be trusted... or are Ty and Gemma in deeper water than they realise?




Kate and the Mitty Kats


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Kate and Mim-Mim babysit an entire box of adorable kittens.







Nowhere Left To Fall


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Being a prince is a royal headache. Erik is in line for the throne, but he's never wanted any of it. It doesn't help that his cousin is pushing the kingdom to the brink of civil war and he feels dutybound to stop him. Falling back in love with his childhood crush was never the plan, but it’s the only piece of his life he's determined to protect. Following in her father’s footsteps, Casey took up the family business: being a rock star. But when she came off tour, she was hit with a devastating blow. She reached out to Erik for support, falling in love in the process. She wasn't expecting to be swept into a royal drama. They have each other, but not much else. There's nowhere left to fall... Keywords: Royal, Prince, Rockstar, Friends to Lovers,













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